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The brake light on the SCR950 is a nice LED unit and plenty bright. It's also fairly small. Brake light modulators and similar devices can help get us noticed on the road and possibly prevent an accident.
While they may not be legal in some areas, the argument is strong for one and possibly a simple" fix it" ticket if the event arises.
Onward:
On my former FZ-09, I had a good experience with a device sold by Custom LED that is almost tailor-made for our bikes. With a variety of flash patterns to chose from by turning a tiny knob, one can pick how much or how little the LEDs flash when the brakes are applied.
Read more here: Brake Light Flashers and Modulators for Motorcycles ? Custom LED
The installation on a SCR950 is really straight forward.
Remove the left side cover and locate the white connector as indicated in the photo below. Disconnect it and split the protective sheath around the wire bundle back on the part going to the tail light far enough to allow access to the wires inside. The flasher connects at the yellow and black bike wires. Cut the yellow wire and attach the red wire from the flasher to the lead going back into the main harness. The white flasher wire connects to the other end of the yellow wire - the one headed to the brake light. The final connection is black wire to black wire (ground) . The blue wire in the bike harness is the running light and not disturbed.
Once the connections are in place (I soldered mine and sealed them with heat shrinkable tubing.), plug the connector back in and test the brake light function. I set the knob on the flasher to position #6. That pulses the brake light LEDs rapidly for several seconds before going solid on.
All connected, I wrapped the wires back up with electrical tape and attached the flasher to the plastic ECM cover/protector with 3M double-sided tape.
While they may not be legal in some areas, the argument is strong for one and possibly a simple" fix it" ticket if the event arises.
Onward:
On my former FZ-09, I had a good experience with a device sold by Custom LED that is almost tailor-made for our bikes. With a variety of flash patterns to chose from by turning a tiny knob, one can pick how much or how little the LEDs flash when the brakes are applied.
Read more here: Brake Light Flashers and Modulators for Motorcycles ? Custom LED
The installation on a SCR950 is really straight forward.
Remove the left side cover and locate the white connector as indicated in the photo below. Disconnect it and split the protective sheath around the wire bundle back on the part going to the tail light far enough to allow access to the wires inside. The flasher connects at the yellow and black bike wires. Cut the yellow wire and attach the red wire from the flasher to the lead going back into the main harness. The white flasher wire connects to the other end of the yellow wire - the one headed to the brake light. The final connection is black wire to black wire (ground) . The blue wire in the bike harness is the running light and not disturbed.
Once the connections are in place (I soldered mine and sealed them with heat shrinkable tubing.), plug the connector back in and test the brake light function. I set the knob on the flasher to position #6. That pulses the brake light LEDs rapidly for several seconds before going solid on.
All connected, I wrapped the wires back up with electrical tape and attached the flasher to the plastic ECM cover/protector with 3M double-sided tape.
